M25 crash in Elmbridge on 27 December 2025 at 13:33 involving a Skoda Karoq
A Skoda Karoq, a Land Rover Range Rover Sport and a Tesla Model 3 were involved in a crash on the M25 in Elmbridge at 13:33 on Saturday 27 December 2025. The 39-year-old female driver of the Skoda Karoq was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Dec 2025
- Saturday, 13:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Karoq and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.30613, longitude -0.40407, in the KT11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cobham and Downside, Elmbridge, KT11 3JS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Elmbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025451689599
- Council area
- Elmbridge
- Police force
- Surrey
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Surrey
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 25
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2023.
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 30 June 2023
23 m awayRef 2023451324854
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 27 March 2016
33 m awayRef 2016450056734
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 27 October 2009
35 m awayRef 200945EL45153
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 7 January 2006
35 m awayRef 200645EL79118
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 5 September 2001
42 m awayRef 200145MW11092
Serious
Ford Capri crash on the M25 in Elmbridge, 5 November 2002
44 m awayRef 200245RW29681
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Karoq
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Sport
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Vehicle 3: Tesla Model 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Karoq)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2025451689599 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Elmbridge road accident statistics for 2025.